Canadian speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen 9th over 10,000 metres in his final Olympic race
Veteran speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen placed ninth in the men’s 10,000 metres on Friday in Italy, the final race of the 39-year-old Canadian’s Olympic life.
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Biathlon-Norway's Laegreid puts love-cheat story aside to grab another Olympic bronze
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 13 : Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid endured a turbulent few days after admitting in a post-race interview on Tuesday that he had cheated on his ex-girlfriend, but the ensuing controversy had no effect on his biathlon performance as he secured his second bronze medal of the Milano Cortina Games in Friday's men's 10km sprint.
Crosscountry-Klaebo wows competitors with 10k freestyle win, paving way to Winter Olympic history
TESERO, Italy, Feb 13 : Norway's Johannes Klaebo overcame his biggest hurdle to cementing a spot in Winter Olympic history on Friday, taking gold in a race he had not yet won on the professional circuit and clearly sowing doubt among his competitors about whether he can be beaten.
Biathlon-Fillon Maillet wins stunning biathlon sprint gold for France
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 13 : Quentin Fillon Maillet of France hit all 10 of his shots and blazed through the final lap to win gold in the men's 10km sprint at the Milano Cortina Games on Friday in a time of 22 minutes 53.1 seconds.
Snowboard-Australian Baff sprints to first gold in women's cross
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 13 : Australia's Josie Baff secured her first Olympic medal with gold in women's snowboard cross on Friday after beating two former champions at the Milano Cortina Games in the Italian Alps.
Ice hockey-Slafkovsky eager for Santagiulia return despite home-game feel for Slovakia at smaller venue
MILAN, Feb 13 : Slovakia enjoyed a home atmosphere in their win over hosts Italy at Milano Rho Arena in the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Friday, but their star player Juraj Slafkovsky is glad they will be back at Santagiulia for their final group game.
Biathlon-Fillon Maillet storms to gold for France in 'perfect race'
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 13 : French biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet was the earliest of the seeded racers to go out in the men's 10km sprint on Friday and he took the opportunity to remind the sport's young pretenders that he is still a force to be reckoned with as he stormed to Olympic gold.
Ice hockey-Finland muscle past Sweden, Slovakia beat hosts Italy
MILAN, Feb 13 : Finland beat Nordic rivals Sweden 4-1 to get their Olympic title defence back on track on Friday and Slovakia held off hosts Italy 3-2 to stay perfect in the men's ice hockey tournament.